We did a complete overhaul of our server offerings, and we saw that a change was needed. Our customers simply deserve something so much better, such as the new, environment friendly Intel Xeon L5410 Quad Core processors that are now powering all new virtual servers. But what you need a blazing fast Quad Core for if you don't have the hard drives to go with? Exactly. All new virtual servers enjoy the fastest drives on the market - SAS 15,000 RPM. For the record, most virtual server providers use 7,200 RPM SATA drives.
Virtualization Ready is the new thing in some of the dedicated server offerings. It means that your server has enough horsepower to turn it into a cloud / virtual server node. That means that your server hardware can be split into multiple virtual servers.
Last but not least is our new managed dedicated server offering. It's not just your typical dedicated server with management but much more. It comes with unlimited support, 24/7 monitoring, unlimited CDP backups, RedHat Enterprise Linux and cPanel 11. All with a single monthly fee and no commitment, starting from just $499 per month!
Read our complete announcement of the new services and comments by our CEO!
Our support team will be spending the holidays between 12/24/2009 and 12/27/2009. During this time we will handle all emergency requests and continue monitoring all servers 24 hours a day.
Christmas has traditionally always been the time to help others in need. We realize this at Scene Group and this year a donation was made by Scene Group Oy in Finland (our sister company) to the finnish Salvation Army. Now in the midst of a financial crisis there are more people than ever who need your help so pick a cause most close to you and donate money or equipment or volunteer in the good work. Remember, all donations big or small will make a big difference!
We wish all our customers and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Succesful New Year 2010!
We upgraded PHP to the latest 5.2.12 version on all Hosting Service servers during the maintenance window this past weekend. This release features over 60 bug fixes and will provide better overall performance and security. Check the full ChangeLog here.
We added some new Value series servers that start as low as $149 per month! We have servers equipped with AMD Opteron 2212HE 2.0GHz Dual Core and AMD Opteron 275 2.2GHz processors, 1-16GB of RAM and SATA or SCSI hard drives.
Some of the servers can have additional processors, memory or hard drives upgraded. For more details, contact sales. Act quickly as we have only limited availability on these fast selling servers!
During last night's maintenance we upgraded PHP on all Hosting Service servers to PHP 5.2.11 that increases speed and stability and includes some 75 bugfixes. Check the full ChangeLog here.
If you've watched CNN today you will know by now that there's a flood in Georgia near our datacenter location in Atlanta. We are in the top floor (21st) so we are not really worried about our servers getting wet, but I guess what Im saying here is that should the water rise that high we probably have other things to worry about as well, right?
I talked with Kurt, our Datacenter Manager this morning and he told me he had been trying to get to the datacenter for 2,5 hours with no success. All the roads were blocked because of the flood. Kurt may be stuck at home today but not to worry - we have staff onsite who live right nearby and have no trouble whatsoever to access the datacenter.
Force of nature, such as this flood, is a prime example of all the things possible a hosting company must be prepared for in order to keep your business online at all times. It is times like these when you learn the true value of a premium hosting partner.
During the scheduled maintenance this weekend we doubled the RAM memory in Hosting Service server New York. This upgrade will address some of the high load issues that the server was experiencing in the past week and as a result of this upgrade customers will experience better delivery times and a more stable server environment. During the same maintenance the kernel was upgraded and additional monitoring software was installed. The monitoring software can automatically take advanced action in any software related issues.
It's been some dark clouds over the hosting sky in the past few days. HyperVM, a control panel for OpenVZ and Xen virtualization platforms was found to have critical security issues. Many security problems were found in Kloxo web hosting panel as well, both developed by LXlabs, an India-based company.
While LXlabs addressed some of the issues, they were out in the open for long enough to cause some serious damage to multiple hosting businesses. A UK-based provider VASERV was reported to have lost over 100,000 websites hosted in their servers.
While the hosting companies have been holding their breath waiting for new security fixes from LXlabs, the frustration has been growing towards the software developer for the lack of communication. This, until the news broke out that LXlabs is a one man shop and that the owner, K T Ligesh, had hanged himself in his room. The news were reported by The Times of India.
There has been rumors that the company has another employee but so far there is no official word. A lot of people are hoping that LXlabs products would be open sourced so the community could take over and fix the security issues. It is clear there will be a lot of headache in many companies seeking to migrate to new control panel solutions.
Rest in peace, K T Ligesh.
Today we launched our renewed website and services for the USA and international market, shortly following Scene Group Oy's yesterday launch of Scene Group's finnish website, www.scenegroup.fi.
We talked with many of our clients and listened to their needs. It was clear there was a lot of demand for managed solutions, while leaving the option for unmanaged services available. One of the other things that people had loved while being with us was that our staff actually knows them and their systems closely. When our technicians and system administrators know the client and their configurations, it results in better service and faster resolutions.
A lot of customers were after a higher level of redundancy by geographic diversity. As a result, we negotiated with several datacenters around the globe and now offer the possibility to locate servers in Dallas, TX and London, UK in addition to our Atlanta, GA datacenter facility.
If you like personal service, want to deal with the same professional people who knows your system in and out and can help you to manage, backup and run your servers and help you succeed, then we're the right company for you. In the other hand, if your looking for the absolute cheapest way to host your files online, you may find happiness with an other provider. We are here to provide excellent service and to build client relationships that lasts for years to come.
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